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Kenpei to barabara shibijin (1957)

Kenpei to barabara shibijin poster
Original title
憲兵とバラバラ死美人
Directed by
Kyōtarō Namiki
Genre
horror, mystery
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 13m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A military policeman investigates the case of a dismembered woman. The film follows his pursuit of the truth behind the crime in 1957 Japan.

black-and-whitethrillersuspensefulmoodytensenoirishmysterious

What happens

Kenpei to Barabara Shibijin (Japanese: 憲兵とバラバラ死美人; lit. "The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty") is a 1957 black-and-white Japanese thriller film directed by Kyotaro Namiki and written by Akira Sugimoto, based on the book Notautsu Kanpei by Japanese military officer Keisuke Kosaka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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